Acquisition of a Femtosecond Laser System for Semiconductor Research and Photonics Education

凭借材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项，匹兹堡大学将能够获得一个激光系统，这将是一个非常灵活的光子学研究系统。该系统将具有从近红外到紫外的波长可调谐性，可变重复率，以及从100飞秒到皮秒的脉冲宽度可变，加上针对某些波长的窄线宽恒定波选项。这种激光器将取代现有的染料激光系统的大部分功能，该系统已过时，并将提供新的光学功能，这将允许更大范围的实验。这些实验是匹兹堡大学正在进行的半导体光子学研究的一部分。该系统将对匹兹堡大学的本科生研究产生直接影响，因为随着新系统的可用性，目前使用的Nd：YAG泵浦染料激光系统将可用于新的高功率激光器本科生培训设施。该设施将成为匹兹堡大学现有的光子学本科教育课程证书的一部分，该课程是通过过去的NSF项目创建的，并得到了NSF的持续支持。新的激光系统也将对研究生教育产生直接影响，因为新系统的主要用户将是研究生。%凭借材料研究仪器计划的这一奖项，匹兹堡大学将能够获得一个激光系统，这将是一个非常灵活的光子学研究系统。这种激光器将取代现有的染料激光系统的大部分功能，该系统已过时，并将提供新的光学功能，这将允许更大范围的实验。这些实验是匹兹堡大学正在进行的半导体光子学研究的一部分。该系统将对匹兹堡大学的本科生研究产生直接影响，因为随着新系统的可用性，目前使用的Nd：YAG泵浦染料激光系统将可用于新的高功率激光器本科生培训设施。该设施将成为匹兹堡大学现有的光子学本科教育课程证书的一部分，该课程是通过过去的NSF项目创建的，并得到了NSF的持续支持。新的激光系统也将对研究生教育产生直接影响，因为新系统的主要用户将是研究生。

With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program the University of Pittsburgh will be able to acquire a laser system which would be a very flexible system for photonics research. This system will have wavelength tunability from the near-infrared to ultraviolet, variable repetition rate, and pulse width variable from 100 femtoseconds to picoseconds, plus a narrow linewidth constant-wave option for some wavelengths. This laser will be replace most of the functions of an existing dye-laser system which has become obsolete and will provide new optical functions which will allow a greater range of experiments. These experiments are part of the ongoing research at the University of Pittsburgh in the area of semiconductor photonics. This system would have immediate impact on undergraduate research at the University of Pittsburgh, because with the availability of the new system, the Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser system presently in use would be made available for a new undergraduate training facility for high-power lasers. This facility will be part of the existing Certificate in Photonics undergraduate education program at the University of Pittsburgh, created through a past NSF program and with continuing support from NSF. The new laser system would also have immediate impact in graduate education, because the primary users of the new system will be graduate students.%%%With this award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program the University of Pittsburgh will be able to acquire a laser system which would be a very flexible system for photonics research. This laser will be replace most of the functions of an existing dye-laser system which has become obsolete and will provide new optical functions which will allow a greater range of experiments. The experiments are part of the ongoing research at the University of Pittsburgh in the area of semiconductor photonics. This system would have immediate impact on undergraduate research at the University of Pittsburgh, because with the availability of the new system, the Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser system presently in use would be made available for a new undergraduate training facility for high-power lasers. This facility will be part of the existing Certificate in Photonics undergraduate education program at the University of Pittsburgh, created through a past NSF program and with continuing support from NSF. The new laser system would also have immediate impact in graduate education, because the primary users of the new system will be graduate students.